HI 587 / ANT 587: Cultural Resource Management COURSE DETAILS GENERAL INFORMATION Professor: Dr. Alicia McGill; Email: [email protected]; Office Phone: 919-513-2212 Class Time and Location: Tuesday 3:00-4:15 pm F2F in Withers Hall 140; AND Tuesdays 6:00-7:15 pm ONLINE through Zoom * The meeting link, ID, and password for our weekly meetings will be posted on Moodle. More details about Zoom are below in the “Electronic Course Components” section of the syllabus. Class Number: HI - 7298 / ANT - 10283 (3 credit units) OFFICE HOURS When scheduling meetings, always try office hours before requesting other options. Professor McGill’s Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:30-3:00 pm; Thursdays 11:30 am-1:00 pm During these times I will be available for text conversations through Google Chat – just look me up through your NC State email with my NC State user name. If students would prefer a virtual face-to-face meeting during office hours, they can schedule a Zoom meeting. If you do not have availability during office hours contact me to schedule a meeting at another time. Office Location: Withers 249 – I will often work off-campus during the semester. If you need to drop off something and/or have something signed, please contact me to make arrangements. PREREQUESITES Graduate standing or PBS status is required for this course. COURSE OVERVIEW This course provides a practical and theoretical overview of U.S. federal, state, and local laws, institutions, and practices related to the inventory, evaluation, protection, preservation, and overall management of cultural resources, with particular attention to historical buildings and sites. Drawing from interdisciplinary perspectives in fields such as historic preservation, anthropology, history, and museology, the lectures, activities, and assignments in this course will address a number of topics, including: the philosophical bases of Cultural Resource Management (CRM), professional responsibilities, Indigenous and other stakeholder interests in CRM, national regulations outside the U.S., and issues related to international heritage management. Students will also develop and practice skills important in CRM fields through tasks like researching NC cultural resources and exploring the National Register criteria. We will begin by exploring approaches to the concept of CRM. We will engage in discussion about the term “cultural resources” and will learn about diverse forms of cultural resources. We will discuss some history of managing cultural resources in the U.S. and the development of cultural resource management laws and institutions. The rest of the course is organized around themes and concerns related to the implementation of heritage management and historic preservation laws and practices in the U.S. Students will also become familiar with 1 institutions and individuals involved in CRM in NC and be exposed to cultural resource management laws and practices of a country of their choice. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES – Through this course, students will: Understand the philosophies behind cultural resources management and will evaluate problems with narrow ideas of heritage management and preservation Understand professional responsibilities of cultural resource practitioners Develop knowledge of the goals, methods, infrastructure for, and applications of cultural resource management in the U.S. Understand the roles of the state and local government in cultural resource management Understand the cultural resource management roles of organizations in North Carolina and international organizations such as UNESCO Recognize broad stakeholder interests in and concerns about cultural resource management and identify and evaluate ways for addressing these COURSE STRUCTURE A central component of this course is dialogue. Thus, I expect students to actively engage and interact in class on a regular basis. In order to prepare for class discussions, you need to keep up with the readings and review class topics as listed on the syllabus. Discussion is integral to this class because: Many of the topics of this course are the center of debates and critique, and you should develop and articulate opinions about these Open-minded responses to epistemologies and ideas different from your own is an important skill for global citizens and will be important for many of you in your careers in history, public history, anthropology, and heritage studies Verbal articulation, communication, and dialogue is integral to graduate education, academia, and most professions Discussion makes class more interesting, exciting, and relevant to your own interests. I am not a big head who likes to hear myself talk. ELECTRONIC COURSE COMPONENTS Moodle: We will use Moodle extensively in this class. Materials posted on Moodle may include: readings, announcements, forum posts, class activities, and assignment descriptions. All assignments will be submitted on Moodle. When using Moodle, “students may be required to disclose personally identifiable information to other students in the course, via electronic tools like email or web-postings, where relevant to the course. Examples include online discussions of class topics and posting of student coursework. All students are expected to respect the privacy of each other by not sharing or using such information outside the course.”1 Moodle can be accessed through Wolfware [URL: https://wolfware.ncsu.edu] Enter your login information and select the HI 594 001 course. Zoom meetings: Our online class meetings will occur through Zoom. I set up a recurring Zoom meeting to take place on Tuesday evenings and provide a link for our meetings as well as the meeting ID and password on Moodle. A few minutes before it is time for class you should sign-on to Zoom. You will be able to access the meetings by clicking on the link provided on 1 Materials in quotations in the syllabus are from various NC State policies, regulations, and offices. Moodle or by opening the Zoom app or visiting NC State’s Zoom page [URL: https://ncsu.zoom.us/] and entering in the meeting ID and password. Students will need to “register” to participate in the class meetings and you will need to sign-in as an authenticated NC State user (e.g. with your NC State account). If you have not already done so, you will need to download the Zoom desktop client [URL: https://zoom.us/support/download] and, using the SSO (single sign-on option) enter “ncsu” as the company domain name. When doing this for the first time you will likely need to log into your NC State account with your NC State Unity ID and password. If you already have Zoom installed, be sure you are using the most updated version. To do this, open the Zoom client, click on the drop-down arrow next to your name and select “Check for Updates.” You will need to have a stable internet connection for class meetings so you may need to experiment with devices and locations for meetings. I do not recommend joining class meetings from public locations, such as coffee shops, as those connections tend to be slow and unreliable. Zoom resources: If you are unfamiliar with Zoom, please watch this video about how to Join a Meeting (1 min, 9 sec) [URL: https://youtu.be/hIkCmbvAHQQ] and review this page about your Attendee Controls within a meeting [URL: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en- us/articles/200941109-Attendee-controls-in-a-meeting] before our first online class. I also recommend you visit the Zoom Help Center [URL: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us] which has many helpful resources including tutorial videos. And you can test your internet connection by joining a test meeting [URL: https://zoom.us/test]. Technical Assistance: If you have technical issues, contact NC State’s LearnTech Help Desk at [email protected], 919-513-7094, or submit your questions using this form [URL: https://delta.ncsu.edu/learntech-request/]. Or contact Zoom Support [URL: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362003] and use an option for Education plan subscribers.2 Class activities: On occasion we may do activities which require you to type information into a digital document or do web searches. A cell phone will not suffice for completing these activities so make sure you have access to some kind of computer during class meetings. REQUIRED READINGS All readings listed on a particular day should be done before our first class meeting that day. Readings other than those in the required books will be made available to students on the course Moodle site in a folder titled “Readings.” There are three required books: Cultural Resource Laws and Practice 4th Edition, 2013, Author: Thomas F. King, Publisher: AltaMira Press -- Referred to as “King” in the syllabus. This will be accompanied by the chapter number and/or page numbers you are expected to read. Beyond Preservation: Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities, 2010, Author: Andrew Hurley, Publisher: Temple University Press Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America's Culture, 2017, Author: Chip Colwell, Publisher: University of Chicago Press 2 Some of the text in this section came from resources from NC State’s Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA). EXPECTATIONS for the PROFESSOR and STUDENTS; F2F Meetings and NETIQUETTE Professor Expectations: In addition to teaching class materials and engaging students, I am committed to the creation of a tolerant classroom and will treat students fairly and with respect. In addition to keeping up with readings, preparing lectures and activities, and grading, I want to be as accessible to my students as is appropriate. I can most easily be reached through email, my office phone, and Google Chat during my office hours. I will try to respond to students within 48 hours. On weekends it may take longer for a response. Please post general questions you think will be helpful to other students on the Moodle site.